Karen Marshall: a geneticist improving the lives of people in livestock through one national partner at a time

The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock recently announced with pleasure the appointment of Dr. Karen Marshall as its new flagship leader for Livestock and Genetics. Karen is not a newbie to the position, having led the flagship previously at the end of the first phase of the CRP under Livestock and Fish and contributed significantly to the vision and mission of the flagship in its next phase under the Livestock CRP.

Originally from Australia, Karen brings to the role 12 years experience at ILRI, working across Africa and South and South East Asia. On International Women and Girl’s in Science day, we celebrate Karen’s contributions in the area of genetics, where she has focused on optimizing the use of animal genetic resources (AnGR) in developing country livestock systems, for improved livelihoods, food security and environmental sustainability.

In addition to organizations recognized for specific projects and outputs, we thank all donors which globally supported the work of ILRI and its partners through their contributions to the CGIAR system

This blog highlights news from the policies, institutions and livelihoods program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).